Improvement in boots and shoes



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No. 155,557. Patented Sept. 29,1874.

WITNIESSES I I INVENTOR 4.41 v fi xfikm v M ttorneys THE GRAPflIC CO,PHOTO-LIT'rLaB in 41 PARK PLACQNJY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DANIEL WAIDE, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT lN BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,557, datedSeptember 29, 187i application filed July29, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL WAIDE, of Lexington, in the county of Fayetteand in the State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Boots and Shoes;

and do hereby declare that the following is a set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of a shoeembodying my invention, and Fig. 2is a plan view of a sheet of perforated rubber used therein.

A represents the outer, and B the middle or inner, sole of a shoe,between which is laid a thin layer or sheet of perforated rubber, 0.

Similar sheets or pieces should be placed or laid at any point whereotherwise two pieces of leather would come in contact, whereby thedisagreeable and annoying screeching of boots and shoes is entirelyavoided.

I am aware solid sheets of rubber have been used in boots and shoes forthe purpose of making them water-proof, and I do not claim such as myinvention. Such solid sheets of rubber prevent all ventilation, which isso necessary to the proper care of the feet.

My invention is the interposition of the perforated rubber sheets, whichdo not render the shoe water-proof, but accomplish the object desired ofrendering it screechless, at the same time allowing of the sameventilation as if the rubber were not there.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the sole of a boot or shoe, of one or moreperforated sheets or layers, O G, of rubber, for the purposes herein setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this27th day of June, 1874.

. DANL. WAIDE. Witnesses:

Jos. SMITH, Jr., H. O. BRENNAN.

